Chorea as a manifestation of the antiphospholipid syndrome in childhood
| Autor: | Vlachoyiannopoulos, P. G., Dimou, G., Siamopoulou-Mavridou, A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adolescent
Antibodies Antinuclear/immunology Phospholipids/*immunology Chorea/*etiology/immunology/pathology Humans Autoimmune Diseases/complications/immunology/*pathology Female Partial Thromboplastin Time Syndrome Antibodies/*immunology Thrombophlebitis/complications/immunology/pathology Complement System Proteins/immunology |
| Popis: | Chorea has been related to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (a-PL) in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Here we report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a-PL antibodies, who had developed thrombophlebitis at the age of 11 years and chorea two years later, in the absence of clinically evident SLE. Serological tests revealed a false positive test for syphilis, a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, hypocomplementaemia and positive anti-DNA antibodies. Clin Exp Rheumatol |
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